12/31/2009
Abandoning our lunch plans we headed instead to the Independence National Historical Park, which is really a catch-all for the old section of Philadelphia where Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and the rest did their stuff before, during and after the American Revolution. The history teacher in me had fun wandering the streets. Probably the most famous landmark is the Liberty Bell, where another tourist kindly offered to take our picture – making it the only photo we have of our trips with all three of us together.
Everything in the historic district is free (if you don’t count the $15 parking) and basically grouped together so it’s easy to walk from place to place. So much that’s critical to the formation of the United States happened in these few buildings, so anyone even vaguely interested in American history shouldn’t need any excuse to go here.
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